Both in Educational Services

Grand Canyon Education vs Phoenix Education Partners

Over the past year LOPE returned −18.5% and PXED returned −37.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.37.

LOPE −18.5% PXED −37.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricLOPEPXED
Price$150.67$21.66
Market cap$3.93B$780.8M
Today+1.30%−7.40%
1 month−3.1%−14.2%
6 months−8.4%−27.7%
Year to date−9.4%−28.5%
1 year−17.8%−39.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.7%—
Gross margin100.0%100.0%
Net margin17.4%8.7%
P/E (TTM)17.5×8.9×
Price / sales3.4×0.8×
Net cash$274.5M$296.5M
Dividend yield—3.88%
Volatility (60d)23.5%31.9%
Short % of float8.7%14.8%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).